Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780300207118
- eISBN:
- 9780300258202
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300207118.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
This is the first English translation of and commentary on the collected poems of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura (1910–2004), a northern Ghanaian orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist known as Afa ...
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This is the first English translation of and commentary on the collected poems of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura (1910–2004), a northern Ghanaian orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist known as Afa Ajura, or “scholar from Ejura.” The poems, all handwritten in Arabic script, mainly in the Ghanaian language of Dagbani and also Arabic, explore the author's socio-religious beliefs. In the accompanying introduction, the translator examines the diverse themes of the poems and how they challenge Tijaniyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship. The introduction provides a background on the translation and commentary. It describes Ajuraism, which is Afa Ajura's reform-oriented educational approach based on the concept of orthodoxy. Orthopraxy, according to Sunnah, that rejected the status quo of traditional Dagomba practices and the syncretism and innovations of Tijaniyyah Sufism. Afa Ajura's collection of handwritten poems address multiple intellectual issues and diverse socio-religious topics.Less
This is the first English translation of and commentary on the collected poems of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura (1910–2004), a northern Ghanaian orthodox Islamic scholar, poet, and polemicist known as Afa Ajura, or “scholar from Ejura.” The poems, all handwritten in Arabic script, mainly in the Ghanaian language of Dagbani and also Arabic, explore the author's socio-religious beliefs. In the accompanying introduction, the translator examines the diverse themes of the poems and how they challenge Tijaniyyah Sufi clerics and traditional practices such as idol worship. The introduction provides a background on the translation and commentary. It describes Ajuraism, which is Afa Ajura's reform-oriented educational approach based on the concept of orthodoxy. Orthopraxy, according to Sunnah, that rejected the status quo of traditional Dagomba practices and the syncretism and innovations of Tijaniyyah Sufism. Afa Ajura's collection of handwritten poems address multiple intellectual issues and diverse socio-religious topics.
Alhaj Yūsuf Ṣāliḥ Ajura
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780300207118
- eISBN:
- 9780300258202
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300207118.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Islam
This chapter provides a background on the translation and commentary on the works of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura or Afa Ajura, a self-professed orthodox Islamic scholar. It describes Ajuraism, which is ...
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This chapter provides a background on the translation and commentary on the works of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura or Afa Ajura, a self-professed orthodox Islamic scholar. It describes Ajuraism, which is Afa Ajura's reform-oriented educational approach. It also explains that Ajuraism is based on the concept of orthodoxy and orthopraxy according to Sunnah that rejected the status quo of traditional Dagomba practices and the syncretism and innovations of Tijaniyyah Sufism. The chapter reviews the “Munchirism” approach, which is considered “undiluted” Islamic thought and practices based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah. It details Afa Ajura's collection of handwritten poems that address multiple intellectual issues and diverse socio-religious topics.Less
This chapter provides a background on the translation and commentary on the works of Alhaj Yusuf Salih Ajura or Afa Ajura, a self-professed orthodox Islamic scholar. It describes Ajuraism, which is Afa Ajura's reform-oriented educational approach. It also explains that Ajuraism is based on the concept of orthodoxy and orthopraxy according to Sunnah that rejected the status quo of traditional Dagomba practices and the syncretism and innovations of Tijaniyyah Sufism. The chapter reviews the “Munchirism” approach, which is considered “undiluted” Islamic thought and practices based on the Qur'an and the Sunnah. It details Afa Ajura's collection of handwritten poems that address multiple intellectual issues and diverse socio-religious topics.
